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Shira Arad

Shira Arad is an Israeli film editor and former actress and DJ who won the 2016 Ophir Award for editing the film Our Father.

born 1972Editing the film Our FatherEditing the film IncitementFormer DJ and TV actress

Born: 4 July 1972
Occupation: actor, film editor, stage actor, disc jockey
Education: The Poor School

Shira Arad was born in 1972

Shira Arad was born on July 4, 1972. She studied acting at The Poor School in London and graduated in 1995. That year she was assistant director to Hanoch Levin on the play Beheading at Habimah Theatre.

She acted on stage at the Left Bank theatre, Habimah and the Beersheba Theater. She appeared in children's programs on Channel One, in the 1999 film Yana's Friends and in the 2001 series Touching Happiness and Closed File.

In 2001 she began working as a DJ and music supervisor. In 2008 she did music research for the film Borat. She was married to singer Kobi Oz from 2005 to 2009.

Arad later turned to film editing. Her films include Our Father, Antenna, Family in Transition and Incitement, which won the 2019 Ophir Award for Best Picture. She also edited the series After Midnight and the documentary Poliker: The Child Within Me.

In 2020 she joined the European Film Academy as its first Israeli film editor member.